Necktie-pressing device



gmc/whom B.L. MCKNIGHT.

Y NECKTIE PRESSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FvlLIED SEPT. 26,1919.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

- BoYnL. MCKMGHT, or wAsHINeTeN;

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* ein' Y` HALF .T O JOSEPH E. UEBELE, OF VWYLSHINGTON, DISTRICT OFCOLUMBIAQ NnoKriE-rnnssine DEVICE.

To all 't0/tom t may] concern.' n *i Be it "known that I, Born L. Mclxnierrr, a citizen of the United States, residing` at l/Vashington, inthe District of Columbia,

have invented new and useful improve@ ments in Necktie- Pressing Bev1c`es,of which the followingv is a specification.

The object of `my present sole invention is the provision of a simple, inexpensive and neatly-appearing device in the form` of'l .a wardrobe appurtenance,

may ibe expeditiously and a thorough` manner without the employ# ment of skilled labor, and without the aid of heat. A

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the' improvement as hereinafter described and definitely 'claimed In the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof: y Figure l is a side elevation of thepressing device constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention that. I have as Y corresponding partsin all of the views of the drawings. I i

Among other elements my novel deviceV and `flat layers 1, of wood, card-board, fiber or' other material Y purpose of the device comprises two thin compatible withthe The said layers-l are adapted to be used in relation, Yand adjacent to one end they are provided Awith pairsof registered apertures The said loops 3 permanentlyl connect the layers l together, so that there is no liability .of either being Y,rnisplaced or disassociated i g i Specification of Letters Patent.

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d and constructed and arranged in such manner that nec'kties. Y

easily pressed in Y Vthe device is to be proper worleY 2 through Awhich d are 4threaded loops 3, preferably of silken cord.

are V'then brought Ainto opposed serial 326,516, j' Y Lfromjthe other, and they valso constitute nrsfrnio'r or.coraiti'iaral AssIGNoRlor oNE- f Patentes seat'. a," ieee? convenient hanger upf'through vthemedium ,of which the devicemay "be: conveniently suspendedon a dresser-or in a wardrobe. f

' isprovided onl its 7 outer sidean'd adjacent tovone end with Y' a keeperfloopfi, of wirez'orother suitable One of the layersV l material, and adjacent toits other end the said layer-.is i The said loop 4c and clamps 5 fhave todo with thefblo'tting I pad or strip 7,wlien said :pads or stiips are not in use,"tlie pads'for' strips being' at 'that'V time heldin the loop4 and under the'clamps 5", sofas to contribute to the facility with which the device may be handled as a unit. It will of course be understood that when put into use, the pads 6 and 7 will be removed from the loop'et and provided' with two clamps 5'.V

pad Grand the dampening d clamps 5; also that subsequently to the d pressing of artie,'the padswill be'restored Ato the position shown in the layer carrying the loop 4 and the clamps 5. Y

Y On one of its longitudnal edges, andl ad Fig. l, relatively to i jacent to ,one of its ends, one of the layersl-VV i l site longitudinal edge and adjacent to the is equipped with a similar cleat. {.These cleats f8 are each for theconnectionofa complementary binding cord 9 which, after being tightly'wound about the opposed layers, is designed to have its free is provided .with a cleat 8, andon lthe oppoi d opposite end of the device, the other layer l end secured temporarily in or by its respective cleat. It

will of course be understood in this con-l nection that cord-securing appurtenances other than cleats, may be employed on the My'novel neclrtie pressing device is designed more particularly forl pressing and prolonging the usefulness ofV four-in-hand scarfs, and Iin a practical use lofthe device Vand afterV the cords 9 are unwound and one of the layers l is swung from; overthe other, the blottingv pad 6 is neatlypositioned within the folds of the large end portion of .the tie, andthe dampening pad or strip 7, Vafter being. impregnated Vsuperimposed upon the said comparatively The layers l large vend portion of the tie.l

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.the cords 9` are tightly Wound about the,l layers and the free endsY of the cord are temporarily secured in the manner stated,

when after a shortperiod, the said large porunder pressure.

Y under theclainps 5'.

Vbe suspendedfrom a n Y tracting in any measure from the neat ap.y

.Yhen more Vthan one pad (iy and pad or strip 7. are provided as'appurtenances to the press, all .of `the said lpads or strips When not in use will be retained in the loop- 4 and Manifestly when not in use the device may* dresser, Without depearance thereof.`

` Having described kmy invention, what I claim and desire tolsecurebyLetters-Patent,

LA necktie press comprising two fiat layers of rigid material loosely and permanently connected together at .one end so that one may be swung from over th'eother, fastening devices carried by'and exterior of `the e layersV adjacent to opposite ends thereofand Ybinding cords, one complementary to each Jfastening device and connected at one end thereto and adapted to be Wound about the layers and detachabiy fastened at its oppo.

site end to the fastening device.` 2. Alnecktiev pressv comprisingL .two fflat layers of rigid material permanently iconnected together adjacent-to oneend. of the device and so that one layer may be swung from over the other;y one of the said layers being provided on itsl outer side and adjacent.

to one end with a keeper `loop designed to retain one endofa pad or pads-and being alsofprovided adjacent to its-opposite end with clamping means to.detachably hold. the other end of Vthe pad forV pads.y

In testimony lwhereof I afx myAf.signatureV y 

